World News
- Israeli troops close in on Gaza City
San Jose News.Net
Middle Eastern reports have placed Israeli troops in the outskirts of Gaza City.
- US administration vows to find diplomatic solution with Hamas
San Jose News.Net
The Bush administration has said it will try to find a diplomatic solution to the Gaza conflict.
- Police in Europe to engage in secret computer hacking
San Jose News.Net
An EU strategy against cybercrime has encouraged police across Europe to access personal computers without the knowledge of owners.
- Bangkok residents flee building fire
San Jose News.Net
A shopping and residential section of Bangkok's Chinatown caught fire on Monday, killing one person and injuring at least 38 others.
- Secure US Embassy opened in Iraq
San Jose News.Net
A new embassy in Iraq has been opened by the US.
- Israel pushes ahead with conflict
San Jose News.Net
Israeli forces have pushed forward with assaults against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
- India presents Mumbai bombing evidence to Pakistan
San Jose News.Net
Evidence linking the Mumbai attacks to Pakistani groups has been handed to the Pakistan government by Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
- Mountain collapses onto villagers
San Jose News.Net
Part of a mountain has collapsed onto a road in northern Guatemala, leaving at least 22 people dead.
- Obama unlikely to receive stimulus package before inauguration
San Jose News.Net
Congressional leaders in the US say it is unlikely that a major stimulus package will be ready for Barack Obama's signature before he is sworn in as president on January 20th.
- US healthcare and unemployment benefits to be expanded
San Jose News.Net
Government-assisted healthcare insurance and unemployment benefits may be expanded by the incoming administration.
- UN chief asks for border crossings to be opened
San Jose News.Net
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has told diplomats that the United Nations has an important role in stopping the violence in Gaza.
- Iran says Israel will dig its grave in Gaza
San Jose News.Net
The speaker of Iran’s parliament, Ali Larijani, has said it is only a matter of time before Gaza becomes a "cemetery" for Israel.
- Pakistan bomb blasts kill ten people
San Jose News.Net
The toll in two bomb blasts in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province has risen to ten.
- International leaders prepare to fly to new battle zone
San Jose News.Net
Israel has been told by many international communities to immediately end its military operation in Gaza.
- Cheney says US did not give Gaza go-ahead
San Jose News.Net
US vice president Dick Cheney has insisted the United States did not authorize the Israeli invasion of Gaza.
- Battle rages in Kashmir forest
San Jose News.Net
A fierce gunbattle has occurred between security forces and separatist militants in Kashmir.
- Sri Lankan government ready to claim victory over militants
San Jose News.Net
The Sri Lankan government army has seized land belonging to the village of Oddusuddan from the Tamil Tigers.
- Mother, 4 young sons among 8 dead in N.Y. house fire
USA Today
RICHLAND, N.Y. A fast-moving house fire killed eight people, including four young brothers, despite the homeowner's frantic attempts to save them, authorities and a witness said.
- Arabs in new bid for Gaza ceasefire at UN
Channel News Asia
Arab states plan to introduce a new draft resolution in the UN Security Council aimed at securing an immediate end to the "Israeli aggression" in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian foreign...
- Netivot mayor demands to have pre-school centers in bomb shelters
Haaretz
Netivot mayor Yehiel Zohar urged the defense establishment Monday to open pre-school centers in bomb shelters.Zohar told members of the Knesset Interior Committee, who visited the rocket-battered...
- Obama picks Leon Panetta as CIA head
Channel News Asia
US president-elect Barack Obama has chosen former lawmaker and White House chief of staff Leon Panetta to head the Central Intelligence Agency, a Democratic Party official told AFP...
- What recession CES has stuff worth seeing
MSNBC
The recession figures to tone down the flashiness of this week's International Consumer Electronics Show, but the lineup of innovative products likely will measure up to those of past...
- Parents share heartbreak of child
CNN
Losing a child is like losing the center of your life, experts say A child's death seems to subvert the natural order of life and death Parents mourn loss of unfulfilled possibilities that the child...
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